underwood
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"Carrie underwood being an antimasker is just sad," wrote another.
From Fox News ● Aug. 18, 2021
“The natural underwood has been grubbed up,” Olmsted wrote at the time, “the trees, to a height of 10 to 15 feet, trimmed to bare poles.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2016
Instead of a low coast and open treeless shore, we saw steep hills, covered with lofty trees, and thick underwood.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Robert Fitzroy
In the sunshine lay a gorgeous plain, sparkling with verdant forests and dewy underwood.
From Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck by Ludwig Tieck
To the north-east of the solitary dwelling of the Widow Sachs, was a fine beech forest, among the underwood of which pheasants were pretty numerous.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Alexander Philipp Maximilian
But seemed so happy! when crushing thro'— Her sturdy retainer with swarthy stare— The underwoods burst; and her maiden crew Drew near them naming her name, and came With leaves and dim Autumn blossoms aflame.—
From Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems by Madison Julius Cawein
And since you put me in mind of it, I think I must go and perplex their noses, by tangling my tracks all among the grass and underwoods.
From Chantecler Play in Four Acts by Edmond Rostand
Farewell, the goodly Manor of Blackacre, with all its woods, underwoods, and appurtenances whatever.—WYCHERLEY:
From Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
In green and sheltered underwoods there were bursts of daffodils; hedges were pricked with green points; and a delicate green tapestry was beginning to weave itself over the roadside ditches.
From The Thread of Gold by Arthur Christopher Benson
Large tracts of land remained imperfectly surveyed at the beginning of the 20th century, owing to the unhealthiness of the tropical climate, and the dense underwoods which impede exploration.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
